Stovepipe-anchor for tents.



M. L. FITCH.- STOVEPIPE ANCHOR FOR TENTS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 9,1911.

1,2%;5,895. ,Patentefl New. 6, 19112.

lNVENTOR WITNESSES.

L. ATTORNEY I To all whom it mayconcem:

U ran sTATEs PATniN MORGAN L. siren, or cooLnDcE, Texas.

VSTQOVEPIPE-ANTCHOR non runes.

1' 3e it known that I, MORGAN L. FITCH, a cit zen of the United "States, residing 'at Cooledge, in the county of Limestone and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe-Anchors for tion.

chor for use on tents and other portable structures, usually of fabric. I have found that where the stove pipe passes through a side wall or a roof wall in a tent. structure, not only doesthe hole permit entrance of the elements but for some reason it impairs the draft. .It is of course difficult to project. the stove pipe directly through the apex of thereof, because of the existence of the ride pole at that point, and yet such seems to be the logical outlet.

i The purpose of the present invention is to provide the device somewhat in the nature of a ceiling plate or stove pipe nipple, and which serves as an anchor for the pipe and permits the latter to pass directly out length or near either end of the tent. Incidentally, another purpose of the present -invention is to exclude theelements as far as possible and to pierce the fabric of the tent roof and the rain-proof or ridge with very few holes or openings. Finally, the structure is adaptable to tents of different sizes and shapes, and may be detached or permitted to remain as a part of the ridge pole when the tent is taken down for storage or for transportation.

I Details will be found in the following specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end Y of an ordinary A-tent, showing this struc ture as projecting through the top of the same. p V

. Fig, 2 is an enlargedside elevation of the structure with the canvas omitted entirely. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the center of the structure, with the canvas in place. 1

In the variousviews Ifhave employed the reference letter P to designate the ridge pole, R is the canvas roof which overlies said pole, and S is the rain-proof or ridge which in fabric structures will be a comparatively narrow sheet of canvas extending along the apex of the roof and overly Specification of Letters Patent.

Tents, of which the followingis a specifica-,

, Patented Nov. 6, 191a. Application filed July 9,1e17. se ialNo. 179,464.

ing the ridge pole on its exterior so asto thoroughly exclude the elements, even though the structure ofthe tent need not be del scribed in this specification. The present lnvention 1s a stove p1pe a n.

fThe' numeral 1" designates a stove pipe which 1n the present case we may assume rises-vertically from a central draft camp stove and is of the propermaterial, diameter, and height to provide a good draft for such stove if the draft is not impaired by extraneous conditions. On the assumption that the bestf draft isproduced by passingf this stove pipe directly through the apex of the roof, I firstsawfthe pole P at the point where the pipe is to project, andremove a piece therefromjsothatthe ends 2 and 3 of the parts or sections remaining-arespaced eeninches long and, an interposed bendjor I arch 5.. The two arches are complementary of'each other and stand opposite the spacebetween the ends2 and 3, whereas the arms of the braces are laid alongside opposite faces of the pole Pnear where it is broken, and are firmlyconnected therewith by throughbolts 6. The isi'zeof these elements should be such that the ridge, pole as a whole, after having .been sawed apart and then splicedby these braces, is as strong as before. Directly above the opening between the two arches is a strap metal collar 7, and at least a foot. above this collar is another numbered 8. Both of these collars mayhave slots9 and bolts 10 at their lapping ends,

whereby their size can be adjusted to fit them closely aroundthe stove pipe Up right straps 11 and '12 are secured attheir upper ends to the sides of the upper collar,

preferably crossing each otherbetween their Braces or guys in the shape of rods15 have their upper ends forked as at l6 and then secured as by rivets 17 to the upper collar,

and their lower ends are passed downward through holes 18 in the ridge pole and receive nuts 19 below these holes. seen in the drawings, such holes will be bored obliquely through the parts of the ridge pole, and therefore when the nuts 19 are tightened up the guys are drawn downward and their forked u 3 er ends are 'iven a tendency to spread apart thus holding the upper collar rigidly in place and under some tension. These guys also'may be of galvanized metal to prevent rust. I have given approximate proportions and dimensions, but would not be limited in this respect. v

In the application of this structure to a tent, after the ridge pole P" is sawed and the braces applied as first explained above, the roof is laid over the same and an opening cut in it directly above the opening between the two arches 5. It may be well'to bore the holes '18 subsequently through the roof and through the pole. The ridge sheet S is then applied and provided with an opening and holes, or if desired this may be applied over the roof-and the holes formed in both pieces of fabric simultaneously. The guys are now inserted and the nuts applied from theinterior, or if preferred the guys may be riveted to the, upper collar first, and the exposed portion of the structure seen in Fig.1 brought into place after the openingshave been provided inthe fabric sheets, so that when the lower ends of the guys are inserted the fingers of the straps assume their proper position. Their function is to overlie the ridge and hold it from being dislodged by winds, etc., and for this purpose they may be bent down onto the ridge S quite closely over the parts assembled. The pipe is now passed 'up through the openings in the various parts of the tent, and through'both collars, after which the latter are set up tight by their adjusting means. Finally the operator goes inside the tent and tightens up on the nuts 19.

Now when a fire is built in the stove, it will be found that the draft is as good as possible consistent with the locality in which the tent is located, and the surround ing objects such as trees and the like. Also it will be found that the elements can not enter the tent at least, to any great extent. Even this may be avoided by telescoping the outside section of stovepipe onto the usual flange which forms a part of the rain-proof and the inside section of said stove-pipe into such flange; or a metal collarof flashing F might be employed around the Stovepipe as indicated in dotted lines in Fig; 1, and if it fits the pipe close enough it will shed onto the roof whatever water runs down the pipe. The holes through which the guys pass will admit almost no moisture whatever. These guys brace the As will be messes skeleton structure which holds the exposed end of the pipe, even though it rise to a considerable height above the ridge pole.

What is claimed as new is *1. In a tent structure having an l-l-roof, the combination with the ridge pole divided into sections separated at their contiguous ends, rigid braces having arms at their extremities lying alongside said sections and arches at theirmidlength standing opposite the space between the contiguous ends, and means for fastening the arms to the sections; of guys rising rlg dly from the sections of the ridge'pole' and forked at their upper ends, and a "collar supported by such forked'ends above the opening between, said arches. I

2. In a tentstructurehavingjan =A-I'oof, the combination withthe ridge pole 'divided into sectionsseparate'd at their con tiguous ends, rigid braces having arms at their extremities lying alongside said sections and arches at their midlengthstanding opposite the space between the contiguous ends, and means for fastening the arms to the sections; of a plurality of collars above the openingbetweensaid arches'and in line therewith, means for connecting said collars, and pair of guy-rods connected at their upper ends with one of said collars and havingtheir lower ends passing through the sections of the-ridge vpole and receiving nuts.

3. In a tent structure having an A r-00f, the combination with the ridge pole divided into sections separated at'their contiguous ends, rigid braces having arms at their extremities lying alongside said sections and arches at their midlength standing opposite the space between the contiguous ends, and means for fastening the arms to the section; of a collar above the opening between said arches, second collar above the first col-' lar, stifi straps connecting said collars, means for adjusting the collars to the size of the stovepipe, and guys leading from the uppermost collar downward to and connected with the sections of the ridge pole.

4t. In a stove pipe anchor for tents and the like, the combination with a ridge pole divided into sections whose contiguous ends are separated, rigid bracesconnecting said sections and having arches opposite the space between their ends, and the tent roof 1,245,895 g a r "35 are separated, rigid braces connecting said per collar and near their lower ends with 10 sections and having arches opposite the the lower collar and having fingers closely space between their ends, and the tent roof overlying said ridge, guy-rods connected at and ridge overlying the ridge pole and their upper ends with the'upper collar and braces and having registering openings having their lower portions passed through above that between said arches; of upper oblique holes in the sections of the pole, and 15 and lower stove-pipe collars above the ridge nuts on the lower ends of said rods.

and alined with said openings, stifi' straps In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. connected at their upper ends with the upi MORGAN L, FITCH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommlssioner of Iatents,

Washington, D. 0. 

